Fall 2022 Free Herbalism Project
Organizer
Dr. Christopher Hobbs
Dr. Christopher Hobbs is a fourth-generation, internationally renowned herbalist and mycologist, licensed acupuncturist, herbal clinician, research scientist, consultant to the dietary supplement industry, expert witness, botanist, public speaker, and author of over 20 books and numerous articles with over 35 years of experience. He co-founded the only national professional herbal practitioner’s organization in the U.S., the American Herbalist Guild.
He is the author or co-author of over 20 books, including the new “Christopher Hobbs’s Medicinal Mushrooms, the Essential Guide (Storey Publishing).” Christopher Hobbs has lectured on herbal medicine worldwide. He earned his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley with research and publication in evolutionary biology, biogeography, phylogenetics, plant chemistry, and ethnobotany, and is now faculty at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Heather Luna
Heather Luna, clinical herbalist, teaches full-time at the ACORN School of Herbal Medicine and oversees the Medicine Garden outdoor learning classroom. She has held a private practice since 2002 and has instructed classes in Western Herbalism since 2006. Her clinical work emphasizes vitalist therapeutics with the use of herbs, nutrition, and Nature Cure practices. This includes custom herbal formulation, individualized nutrition protocols, coaching through food intolerance, therapeutic bodywork, and uterine massage. She specializes in individual support for cultivating healthy lifestyle habits adapted for the conditions of modern living.
Heather is a graduate of the Rocky Mountain Center of Botanical Studies and the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism. After completing four years of formal training she continued to pursue private studies under Ann Drucker, Ms. Beatrice Waight, and Paul Bergner. She now maintains hundreds of client case records which illustrate that vitalist strategies work to achieve outstanding clinical results. It is her passion for Nature that guides her practice with the use of herbs, nutrition, bodywork, and apitherapy. Heather holds a lineage in the vitalist tradition and has a mission to pass it on.
Kiva Rose Hardin
Kiva Rose Hardin is an herbalist, mythologist, author, and poet whose work is rooted in her relationship with plants, fungi, and the more than human world. She lectures and writes on the subjects of mythopoetic plant medicine, folk magic, folklore, animism, and psychology with an emphasis on fairy tale motifs, embodied enchantment, and the forest as archetype. She lives off-grid in a remote riparian canyon deep in the Gila Forest of southwest New Mexico with her beloved husband, Jesse Wolf Hardin, and their children, Inga Winter and Ælfyn Thorn.
Kiva’s first book, The Weedwife’s Remedy: Folk Herbalism For The Hedgewise was published in December of 2019, and her next book, Thorn & Thicket: Woodland Herbalism For The Hedgewise is forthcoming from Plant Healer Press in Winter of 2022. More of her writing can be found at The Enchanter’s Green http://enchantersgreen.com. She also co-directs the annual Plant Healer’s Herbal Confluence in Durango, Colorado, each May and is co-editor of Plant Healer Quarterly with Jesse which you can find at http://planthealer.org
Satori Bob
Seasoned by 14 years of live performances at festivals, wineries, showcases, house concerts, clubs, and more, Satori Bob features tight arrangements, impeccable and passionate performances, and a loyal and growing following. Satori Bob’s fifth album is due for release in Spring 2023, following the popular EP String Theory.
Singer/songwriter and guitarist John Baumann’s well-crafted songs are complemented by the harmony vocals and stellar playing of cellist Kathryn Brunhaver, the rhythmic counterpoint of banjo/percussionist Devin Newman, the melodic violin of Della Natasha Davies, and the rock-solid and inventive bass of Joe Hughes. Satori Bob creates soundscapes both rich and moving, drawing the listener into the compositions with energetic rhythms and deep storytelling, open stark ballads and gorgeous instrumental interplay, all serving as the foundation for well-written strongly lyrical compositions.
